Chinese–EnglishWith examples
尸
shī · shi
Traditional 屍
Meaning
CC-CEDICTshī 尸
- (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)
- (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)
- corpse (variant of 屍 / 尸 )
shī 屍
- (bound form) corpse
In a sentence
2 examples01
警方在河边发现了一具尸体。
The police found a corpse by the river.
02
法医正在检查那具尸体的身份。
The forensic doctor is examining the identity of that corpse.
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